The Ever-Changing Moon

Match the following

• Decreasing illumination of the moon

• Moon

• Different stages of the moon's visibility

• Phases

• Natural satellite of Earth

• Waxing

• Revolution around a celestial body

• Waning

• Increasing illumination of the moon

• Orbit

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Why does the moon look like it changes shape?

• It melts every month and then freezes again

• It spins very fast like a spinning top

• The amount of lit side we can see changes

• It turns itself off

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What happens during a new moon?

• The moon is full of cheese

• The moon turns blue and gets sick

• The lit side faces away from Earth

• The moon glows brightly

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What is the first phase after the new moon?

• Full moon

• Waning crescent

• Waxing crescent

• Banana gibbous

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During the first-quarter moon, what can we see?

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• A full circle

• Half of the lit side and half of the shadowed side

• Only a tiny dot

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What does “waxing” mean?

• Getting smaller

• Growing larger

• Changing color

• Taking hairs off your legs

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What does “gibbous” mean?

• Half circle

• Crescent

• Nearly full

• Dark and shiny like obsidian

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When is the entire lit side of the moon facing Earth?

• Full moon

• New moon

• Third quarter

• Waning crescent

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What happens after a full moon?

• It grows larger

• The visible part starts to decrease

• It stays full for weeks and werewolves come out.

• It disappears forever

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What is the last-quarter moon?

• A tiny sliver

• Half lit and half shadowed

• A full circle

• Completely dark and invisible

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